The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 6, 2001
Waning Gibbous
99.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:07 PM
6:53 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.0%
- Age
- 15.2 days
- Distance
- 402,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 971
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 191.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.7° / 287.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 54m / -22.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 296.22° / -1.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.81° / 2.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -9.22° / 0.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.